Alberta’s COVID-19 hospitalizations dip under 1,000 Monday

There were 986 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 on Monday, down slightly from Friday’s report.

There were 73 Albertans receiving care in the ICU, compared to 74 Friday.

Monday marked the first day since Jan. 16 that COVID-19 hospitalizations were under 1,000 in Alberta.

There were 18 COVID-19 deaths reported to the province over the last three days, bringing Alberta’s COVID-19 death toll to 4,021.

The province surpassed 4,000 COVID-19 deaths on Friday.

The province confirmed an additional 1,351 lab-tested cases of COVID-19 over the same time period: 509 confirmed on Friday, 395 confirmed on Saturday and 447 confirmed on Sunday.

There were 6,640 lab-confirmed active cases on Monday.

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As access to PCR testing across the province is limited, officials have said the actual number of both new and active cases is higher than what is being reported.

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Alberta performed 6,769 COVID-19 tests over the past three days. The positivity rate wasn’t updated as of publishing Monday.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 532,112 Albertans have been confirmed to have COVID-19. Of those, 521,451 have recovered.